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    World War I was a global war originating in Europe from 1914 to 1918 that resulted in over 9 million military deaths and over 17 million deaths overall when including civilian casualties and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The war began as a conflict between two alliances, the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy versus the Triple Entente of Britain, Russia, and France, but grew to include additional countries so that by 1918 the alliances were known as the Central Powers versus the Allied Powers.

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    World War I was a global war originating in Europe from 1914 to 1918 that resulted in over 9 million military deaths and over 17 million deaths overall when including civilian casualties and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The war began as a conflict between two alliances, the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy versus the Triple Entente of Britain, Russia, and France, but grew to include additional countries so that by 1918 the alliances were known as the Central Powers versus the Allied Powers.

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    FIRST WORLD WAR

    INTRODUCTION NOTES
    World War I (or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1) was a global
    war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

    It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated 9 million military personnel
    deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the
    related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17–100 million deaths worldwide, including an
    estimated 2.64 million Spanish flu deaths in Europe and as many as 675,000 Spanish flu deaths in
    the United States.

    WW1 begun as a conflict between two alliances namely: Triple Alliance vs Triple Entente. In July
    1914 and later these alliances got joined by other countries. By the end of WW1, Triple Alliance had
    renamed to Central powers and Triple Entente renamed to Allied Powers.

    Members of the Triple Alliance by July 1914 Vs Members of Triple Entente by July 1914.

    Germany,
    Britain, Russia and
    Austria-Hungary
    France
    and Italy

    Members of the Central powers by members of the Allied powers


    the end of WW1 in 1918

    Germany, Austria-Hungary, Britain, Russia, France and USA


    Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

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